Publications 2016

HGF-MPG joined research Group

Bienhold C., Zinger L., Boetius A., Ramette A.: Diversity and biogeography of bathyal and abyssal seafloor bacteria. PLOS ONE 11(1): e0148016. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148016. (2016) PubMed

Buttigieg P.L., Pafilis E., Lewis S.E., Schildhauer M.P., Walls R.L., Mungall C.J.: The environment ontology in 2016: bridging domains with increased scope, semantic density, and interoperation. Journal of Biomedical Semantics 7 (1), 57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13326-016-0097-6 (2016)PubMed

Danovaro R., Molari M., Corinaldesi C., Dell´Anno A.: Macroecological drivers of Archaea and Bacteria in benthic deep-sea ecosystems. Science Advances 2(4). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1500961 (2016) Science

Donis D., McGinnis D.F., Holtappels M., Felden J., Wenzhöfer F.: Assessing benthic oxygen fluxes in oligotrophic deep sea sediments (HAUSGARTEN observatory). Deep Sea Research I. 111: 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2015.11.007. (2016) ScienceDirect

Dowell F., Cardman Z., Dasarathy S., Kellermann M., Lipp J. S., Ruff S. E., Biddle J. F., McKay L., MacGregor B. J., Lloyd K. G., Albert D. B., Mendlovitz H., Hinrichs K.-U., Teske A.: Microbial communities in methane- and short chain alkane-rich hydrothermal sediments of Guaymas Basin. Frontiers in Microbiology 7: 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00017. (2016) Frontiers

Dyksma S., Bischof K., Fuchs B.M., Hoffmann K., Meier D., Meyerdierks A., Pjevac P., Probandt D., Richter M., Stepanauskas R., Mußmann M.: Ubiquitous Gammaproteobacteria dominate dark carbon fixation in coastal sediments. The ISME Journal 10: 1939-1953. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2015.257. (2016) PubMed

Fadeev E., De Pascale F., Vezzi A., Hubner S., Aharonovich D., Sher D.: Why Close a Bacterial Genome? The Plasmid of Alteromonas macleodii HOT1A3 is a Vector for Inter-Specific Transfer of a Flexible Genomic Island. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00248 (2016) PubMed

Fernández-Méndez M., Turk-Kubo K. A., Rapp J. Z., Buttigieg P. L., Krumpen T., Zehr J. P., Boetius A.: Diazotroph diversity in the sea ice, melt ponds and water column of the Central Arctic Ocean. Frontiers in Aquatic Microbiology 7:1884 doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01884 (2016) Frontiers

Hanke A., Berg J., Hargesheimer T., Tegetmeyer H.E., Sharp C., Strous M.: Selective pressure of temperature on competition and cross-feeding within denitrifying and fermentative microbial communities. Frontiers in Microbiology 6:1461. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01461. (2016) PubMed

Hassenrück C., Fink A., Lichtschlag A., Tegetmeyer H., De Beer D., Ramette A.: Quantification of the effects of ocean acidification on sediment microbial communities in the environment: the importance of ecosystem approaches. FEMS Microbiology Ecology doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiw027. (2016) PubMed

ten Hoopen P., Amid C., Buttigieg P. L., Pafilis E., Bravakos P., Cerdeño-Tárraga A. M., Gibson R., Kahlke T., Legaki A., Kada N. M., Papastefanou G., Pereira E., Rossello M., Toribio A. L., Cochrane G.: Value, but high costs in post-deposition data curation. Database. doi: 10.1093/database/bav126. (2016) PubMed

Jessen G. L., Lichtschlag, A., Struck, U., Boetius A.: Distribution and composition of thiotrophic mats in the hypoxic zone of the Black Sea (150-170m water depth, Crimea margin). Frontiers in Microbiology 7:1011. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01011 (2016) Frontiers

Kellermann M.Y., Yoshinaga M.Y., Wegener G., Krukenberg V., Hinrichs K.-U.: Tracing the production and fate of individual archaeal intact polar lipids by stable isotope probing, Organic Geochemistry. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2016.02.004. (2016) ResearchGate

Kerou M., Offre P., Valledor L., Abby S., Melcher M., Nagler M., Weckwerth W., Schleper C.: Proteomics and comparative genomics of Nitrososphaera viennensis reveal the core genome and adaptations of terrestrial archaeal ammonia-oxidizers. PNAS doi/10.1073/pnas.1601212113 (2016) PNAS

Koureas D., Hardisty A., Vos R., Agosti D., Arvanitidis C., Bogatencov P., Buttigieg P.L., de Jong Y., Horvath F., Gkoutos G., Groom Q., Kliment T., Kõljalg U., Manakos I., Marcer A., Marhold K., Morse D., Mergen P., Penev L., Pettersson L., Svenning J., van de Putte A., Smith V.: Unifying European Biodiversity Informatics (BioUnify). Research Ideas and Outcomes 2: e7787. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.2.e7787 (2016) Rio

Krukenberg V., Harding K., Richter M., Glöckner F.-O., Gruber Vodicka H., Adam B., Berg J., Knittel K., Tegetmeyer H.E., Boetius A., Wegener G.: Candidatus Desulfofervidus auxilii, a hydrogenotrophic sulfate-reducing bacterium involved in the thermophilic anaerobic oxidation of methane. Environmental Microbiology, 18:3073-3091. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13283. (2016) PubMed

Laso-Pérez R., Wegener G., Knittel K., Widdel F., Harding K. J., Krukenberg V., Meier D. V., Richter M., Tegetmeyer H. E., Riedel D., Richnow H.-H., Adrian L., Thorsten R., Lechtenfeld O., Musat F.: Thermophilic archaea activate butane via alkyl-CoM formation. Nature. doi:10.1038/nature20152 (2016) PubMed

Leduc D., Rowden A., Glud R.N., Wenzhöfer F., Kitazato H., Clark M.: Comparison between infaunal communities of the deep floor and edge of the Tonga Trench: possible effects of differences in organic matter supply. Deep Sea Research I 116: 264-275. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2015.11.003. (2016) ScienceDirect

Pafilis E., Buttigieg P. L., Ferrel B.l, Pereira E., Schnetzer J., Arvanitidis C., Jensen L. J.: EXTRACT: Interactive extraction of environment metadata and term suggestion for metagenomic sample annotation. Database. doi: 10.1093/database/baw005. (2016) PubMed

Purser A., Marcon Y., Hoving H.J., Vecchione M., Piatkowski U., Eason D., Bluhm H., Boetius A.: Association of deep-sea incirrate octopods with manganese-crusts and nodule fields in the Pacific Ocean. Current Biology Vol. 26, Issue 24, R1268–R1269 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.052 (2016) CurrentBiology

Roca‐Martí, M., Puigcorbé,V., Rutgers van der Loeff, M.M., Katlein, C., Fernández‐Méndez, M., Peeken, I., Masqué, P.: Carbon export fluxes and export efficiency in the central Arctic during the record sea‐ice minimum in 2012: a joint 234Th/238U and 210Po/210Pb study. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 121:7 5030-5049 (2016) Wiley

Rossel P.E., Bienhold C., Boetius A., Dittmar T.: Dissolved organic matter in pore water of Arctic Ocean sediments: influence of the environment on the molecular composition. Organic Geochemistry. doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2016.04.003. (2016) AWI

Ruff S.E., Kuhfuss H., Wegener G., Lott C., Ramette A., Wiedling J., Knittel K., Weber M.: Methane seep in shallow-water permeable sediment harbors high diversity of anaerobic methanotrophic communities, Elba, Italy. Frontiers in Microbiology 7:374. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00374. (2016) Frontiers

Sahling H., Borowski C., Escobar-Briones E., Gaytán-Caballero A., Hsu C.-W., Loher M., MacDonald I., Marcon Y., Pape T., Römer M., Rubin-Blum M., Schubotz F., Smrzka D., Wegener G., Bohrmann G.: Massive asphalt deposits, oil seepage, and gas venting support abundant chemosynthetic communities at the Campeche Knolls, southern Gulf of Mexico. Biogeosciences, 13, 4491-4512, doi:10.5194/bg-13-4491-2016 (2016) AWI

Salman, V., Berben, T., Bowers, R. M., Woyke, T., Teske, A., & Angert, E. R.: Insights into the single cell draft genome of “Candidatus Achromatium palustre”. Standards in genomic sciences, 11(1), 1. (2016) BioMed

Salman-Carvalho V., Fadeev E., Joye S., Teske A.: How clonal is clonal? Genome plasticity across multicellular segments of a "Candidatus Marithrix sp." filament from sulfidic, briny seafloor sediments in the Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers in Microbiology 7, 1173. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01173. (2016) Frontiers

Schnetzer J., Kopf A., Bietz M. J., Buttigieg P. L., Fernandez-Guerra A., Pop Ristova P., Glöckner F. O., Kottmann R.: MyOSD 2014: Evaluating oceanographic measurements contributed by citizen scientists in support of Ocean Sampling Day. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education. doi: 10.1128/jmbe.v17i1.1001 (2016) ASM

Sen A., Ondréas H., Gaillot A., Marcon Y., Augustin J.M., Olu K.: The use of multibeam backscatter and bathymetry as a means of identifying faunal assemblages in a deep-sea cold seep. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 110. 33-49. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2016.01.005 (2016) ScienceDirect

Soltwedel T., Bauerfeind E., Bergmann M., Bracher A., Budaeva N., Busch K., Cherkasheva A., Fahl K., Grzelak K., Hasemann C., Jacob M., Kraft A., Lalande C., Metfies K., Nöthig E.M., Meyer K., Quéric N.V., Schewe I., Wlodarska-Kowalczuk M., Klages M.: Natural variability or anthropogenically-induced variation? Insights from 15 years of multidisciplinary observations at the arctic open-ocean LTER site HAUSGARTEN. Ecological Indicators, 65, pp. 89-102. (2016) ScienceDirect

Vonnahme T. R., Devetter, M., Žárský, J. D., Šabacká, M., & Elster, J.: Controls on microalgal community structures in cryoconite holes upon high-Arctic glaciers, Svalbard. Biogeosciences, 13(3), 659-674. doi:10.5194/bg-13-659-2016 (2016) Biogeosciences

Wegener G., Kellermann, M.Y., Elvert.: Tracking activity and function of microorganisms by stable isotope probing of membrane lipids (invited review). Current Opinion in Biotechnology. doi: 10.1016/j.copbio.2016.04.022 (2016) PubMed

Wegener G., Krukenberg V., Ruff S.E., Kellermann M.Y., Knittel K.: Metabolic capabilities of microorganisms involved in and associated with the anaerobic oxidation of methane. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00046. (2016) Frontiers

Wenzhöfer F., Kazumasa O., Middelboe M., Turnewitsch R., Toyofuku T., Kitazato H., Glud R.N.: Benthic carbon mineralization in hadal trenches: Assessment by in situ O2 microprofile measurements. Deep Sea Research I, 116, 276-286 (2016) Sciencedirect

Winkel M., Salman-Carvalho, V., Woyke, T., Richter, M., Schulz-Vogt, H. N., Flood, B., Bailey, J. V., Mußmann, M.: Single-cell sequencing of Thiomargarita reveals genomic flexibility for adaptation to dynamic redox conditions. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, 964. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00964. (2016) Frontiers

Yilmaz P., Yarza P., Rapp J.Z., Glöckner F.O.: Expanding the World of Marine Bacterial and Archaeal Clades. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6:1524. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01524. (2016) Frontiers

Zawierucha K., Ostrowska, M., Vonnahme, T.R., Devetter, A.M., Nawrot, P., Lehmann, S., Kolicka, M.: Diversity and distribution of Tardigrada in Arctic cryoconite holes. Journal of Limnology. doi:10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1453 (2016) JoL

Diploma theses / Master theses

Vonnahme T.R.: Microbial diversity and function of deep-sea manganese nodule ecosystems. University of Bremen/Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany (2016).

Ph.D. theses

Hassenrück C.: Implications of ocean acidification for microbial life and for microbial interactions. University of Bremen/Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology. PhD thesis. (2016)

Other publications Book chapter

Bienhold C. and Boetius A.: Mikroorganismen des Tiefseebodens: Vielfalt, Verteilung und Funktion. In: Faszination Meeresforschung. Ein ökologisches Lesebuch. 2. Auflage. Editoren: G. Hempel, K. Bischof, W. Hagen, Springer-Spektrum Verlag, Heidelberg Springer

Conference Proceedings

Wenzhöfer F., Lemburg J., Hofbauer M., Lehmenhecker S., Färber P.: „TRAMPER - An autonomous crawler for long-term benthic oxygen flux studies in remote deep sea ecosystems“ OCEANS 2016 MTS/IEEE Monterey, 1-6. doi: 10.1109/OCEANS.2016.7761217AWI

Wenzhöfer F., Wulff T., Flögel S., Sommer S., Waldmann C.: „ROBEX - innovative robotic technologies for ocean observations, a deep-sea demonstration mission.” OCEANS 2016 MTS/IEEE Monterey, 1 – 8. DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS.2016.7761215 (2016) AWI

Marine Isotope Geochemistry

Behrens M.K., Muratli J., Pradoux C., Wu Y., Böning P., Brumsack H.-J., Goldstein S.L., Haley B., Jeandel C., Paffrath R., Pena L.D., Schnetger B., Pahnke K.: Rapid and precise analysis of rare earth elements in small volumes of seawater - Method and intercomparison. Marine Chemistry 186, 110-120. doi: doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2016.08.006. (2016) ScienceDirect

Böning P., Ehlert C., Niggemann J., Schnetger B., Pahnke K.: Thallium dynamics in the Weser estuary (NW Germany). Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science. in press. ScienceDirect

Doering K., Ehlert C., Grasse P., Crosta X., Fleury S., Frank M., Schneider R.: Differences between mono-generic and mixed diatom silicon isotope compositions trace present and past nutrient utilisation off Peru. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 177, 30-47. doi: doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.12.029. (2016) ScienceDirect

Doering K., Erdem Z., Ehlert C., Fleury S., Frank M., Schneider R.: Changes in diatom productivity and upwelling intensity off Peru since the Last Glacial Maximum: Response to basin-scale atmospheric and oceanic forcing. Paleoceanography, n/a-n/a. doi: 10.1002/2016PA002936. (2016) Wiley

Ehlert C., Reckhardt A., Greskowiak J., Liguori B.T.P., Böning P., Paffrath R., Brumsack H.-J., Pahnke K.: Transformation of silicon in a sandy beach ecosystem: Insights from stable silicon isotopes from fresh and saline groundwaters. Chemical Geology 440, 207-218. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.07.015. (2016) ScienceDirect

Filippova A., Frank M., Kienast M., Rickli J., Hathorne E.C., Yashayaev I., Böning P., Pahnke K.: Water mass circulation and weathering inputs in the Labrador Sea based on coupled Hf-Nd isotope composition and rare earth element distribution. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. (accepted) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703716306664ScienceDirect

Fröllje H., Pahnke K., Schnetger B., Brumsack H.-J., Dulai H., Fitzsimmons J.N.: Hawaiian imprint on dissolved Nd and Ra isotopes and rare earth elements in the central North Pacific: local survey and seasonal variability. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 189, 110-131. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.06.001. (2016) ScienceDirect

Grasse P., Brzezinski M., Cardinal D., de Souza G.F., Andersson P., Closset I., Cao Z., Dai M., Ehlert C., Estrade N., Francois R., Frank M., Jiang G., Jones J.L., Kooijman E., Liu Q., Lu D., Pahnke K., Ponzevera E., Schmitt M., Sun X., Sutton J., Thil F., Weis D., Wetzel F., Zhang A., Zhang J., Zhang Z.: GEOTRACES Intercalibration of the Stable Silicon Isotope Composition of Dissolved Silicic Acid in Seawater. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. doi: 10.1039/C6JA00302H. (2016) RSC

Grasse P., Ryabenko E., Ehlert C., Altabet M.A., Frank M.: Silicon and nitrogen cycling in the upwelling area off Peru: A dual isotope approach. Limnology and Oceanography. doi: doi: 10.1002/lno.10324. (2016) Wiley

Jonell T.N., Clift P.D., van Hoang L., Hoang T., Carter A., Wittmann H., Böning P., Pahnke K., Rittenour T.M.: Controls on Erosion Patterns and Sediment Transport in a Monsoonal, Tectonically Quiescent Drainage, Song Gianh, Central Vietnam. Basin Research, 1-25. doi: doi:10.1111/bre.12199. (2016) ResearchGate

Meinhardt A.K., Pahnke K., Böning P., Schnetger B., Brumsack H.J.: Climate change and response in bottom water circulation and sediment provenance in the Central Arctic Ocean since the Last Glacial. Marine Chemistry 427, 98-108. doi: doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.02.019. (2016) ScienceDirect

Struve T., van de Flierdt T., Robinson L.F., Bradtmiller L.I., Hines S.K., Adkins J.F., Lambelet M., Crocket K.C., Kreissig K., Coles B., Auro M.E.: Neodymium isotope analyses after combined extraction of actinide and lanthanide elements from seawater and deep-sea coral aragonite. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, n/a-n/a. doi: 10.1002/2015GC006130. (2016) Wiley

Ronge T., Tiedemann R., Lamy F., Köhler P., Alloway B., De Pol-Holz R., Pahnke K., Southon J., Wacker L.: Radiocarbon constraints on the extent and evolution of the South Pacific glacial carbon pool. Nature Communications 7, 11487. doi: doi:10.1038/ncomms11487. (2016) PubMed

Wu J., Böning P., Pahnke K., Tachikawa K., de Lange G.J.: Unraveling North-African riverine and eolian contributions to central Mediterranean sediments during Holocene sapropel S1 formation. Quaternary Science Reviews 152, 31-48. doi: doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.09.029. (2016) ScienceDirect

Molecular Ecology Group

Amann R., and R. Rossello-Mora.: After all, only millions? mBio 7(4):e00999-16 (doi:10.1128/mBio.00999-16). (2016) ASM

Barbeyron T., F. Thomas, V. Barbe, H. Teeling, C. Schenowitz, C. Dossat, A. Goesmann, C. Leblanc, F.O. Glöckner, M. Czjzek, R. Amann, and G. Michel: Habitat und taxon as driving forces of carbohydrate catabolism in marine heterotrophic bacteria: example of the model algae-associated bacterium Zobellia galactanivorans DsijT. Environ. Microbiol. 18:4610-4627 (doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13584). (2016) Wiley

Barrero-Canosa C. Moraru, L. Zeugner, B.M. Fuchs, and R. Amann: Direct-geneFISH: a simplified protocol for the simultaneous detection and quantification of genes and rRNA in microorganisms. Environ. Microbiol. early online (doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13432). (2016) PubMed

Bennke C.M., G. Reintjes, M. Schattenhofer, A. Ellrott, J. Wulf, M. Zeder, and B.M. Fuchs.: Modification of a High-Throughput Automatic Microbial Cell Enumeration System for Shipboard Analyses. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 82:3289-3296. (2016) PubMed

Bennke C.M., K. Krüger, L. Kappelmann, S. Huang, A. Gobet, M. Schüler, V. Barbe, B.M. Fuchs, G. Michel, H. Teeling, and R.I. Amann: Polysaccharide utilization loci of Bacteroidetes from two contrasting open ocea sites in the North Atlantic. Environ. Microbiol. 18:4456-4470 (doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13429). (2016) PubMed

Berg J.S., D. Michellod, P. Pjevac, C. Martinez-Perez, C.R.T. Buckner, P.F. Hach. C.J. Schubert, J. Milucka, M.M.M. Kuypers: Intense cryptic microbial iron cycling in the low iron water column of the meromictic Lake Cadagno. Environ. Microbiol. 18:5288-5302. (2016) PubMed

Bruder L.M., M. Dörkes, B.M. Fuchs, W. Ludwig and W. Liebl.: Flow cytometric sorting of fecal bacteria after in situ hybridization with polynucleotide probes. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 39:464-475. (2016) PubMed

Dyksma S., K. Bischof, B.M. Fuchs, K. Hoffmann, D. Meier, A. Meyerdierks, P. Pjevac, D. Probandt, M. Richter, R. Stepanauskas, and M. Mussmann.: Ubiquitous Gammaproteobacteria dominate dark carbon fixation in coastal sediments. ISME J. 10:1939-1953. (2016) PubMed

Krukenberg V., K. Harding, M. Richter, F.O. Glöckner, F.O., H.R. Gruber-Vodicka, B. Adam, J.S. Berg, K. Knittel, H.E. Tegetmeyer, A. Boetius, and G. Wegener: Candidatus Desulfofervidus auxilii, a hydrogenotrophic sulfate-reducing bacterium involved in the thermophilic anaerobic oxidation of methane. Environ. Microbiol. 18:3073-3091. (2016) PubMed

Laso-Perez G. Wegener, K. Knittel, F. Widdel, KJ. Harding, V. Krukenberg, D.V. Meier, M. Richter, H.E. Tegetmeyer, D. Riedel, H.H. Richnow, L. Adrian, T. Reemtsma, O.J. Lechtenfeld, and F. Musat.: Thermophilic archaea activate butan via alkyl-coenzyme M formation. Nature 539:396-401. (2016) PubMed

Martinez-Perez C., W. Mohr, C.R. Löscher, J. Dekaezemacker, S. Littmann, P. Yilmaz, N. Lehnen, B.M. Fuchs, G. Lavik, R.A. Schmitz, J. LaRoche, and M.M.M. Kuypers.: The small unicellular diazotrophic symbiont, UCYN-A, is a key player in the marine nitrogen cycle. Nature Microbiology 1, 16163. (2016) PubMed

Meier D., W. Bach, P.R. Girguis, H. Gruber-Vodicka, E.P. Reeves, M. Richter, C. Vidoudez, R. Amann, and A. Meyerdierks: Heterotrophic Proteobacteria in the vicinity of diffuse hydrothermal venting. Environ. Microbiol. 18:4348-4368 (doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13304). (2016) PubMed

Munoz R., R. Rossello-Mora, and R. Amann.: Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. System. Appl. Microbiol. 39:281-296 (doi: 10.1016/j.syapm.2016.04.004). (2016) PubMed

Panschin I., M. Becher, Susanne Verbarg, C. Spöer, M. Rohde, M. Schüler, R.I. Amann, J. Harder, B.J. Tindall, and R. Hahnke: Description of Gramella forsetii sp.nov., a marine Flavobacteriaceae isolated from North Sea water, and emended description of Gramella gaetbulicola Cho et al. 2011. Int. J. System. Evol. Microbiol. (accepted doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001700). (2016) PubMed

Pizzetti I., F. Schulz, T. Tyml, B.M. Fuchs, R. Amann, M. Horn, and S. Fazi.: Chlamydial seasonal dynamics and isolation of ‘Candidatus Neptunochlamydia vexilliferae’ from a Tyrrhenian coastal lake. Environmental Microbiology 18:2405-2417 (doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13111) (2016) PubMed

Pizzetti I., G. Lupini, F. B. Aubry, F. Acri, B.M. Fuchs, and S. Fazi: Influence of Po River runoff on the bacterioplankton community along trophic and salinity gradients in the Northern Adreatic Sea. Mar. Ecol. (doi:10.1111/maec.12355). (2016) Wiley

Raupach M.J., R. Amann, Q.D. Wheeler, and C. Roos.: The application of “-omics” technologies for the classification and identification of animals. Org. Divers. Evol. 16:1-12. (2016) Springer

Ruff S.E., H. Kuhfuss, G. Wegener, C. Lott, A. Ramette, J. Wiedling, K. Knittel, and M. Weber: Methane seep in shallow-water permeable sediment harbors high diversity of anaerobic methanotrophic communities, Elba, Italy. Front. Microbiol. 7:374 (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00374) (2016) Frontiers

Schimak M.P., M. Kleiner, S. Wetzel, M. Liebeke, N. Dubilier, and B.M. Fuchs.: MiL-FISH: Multilabeled oligonucleotides for fluorescence in situ hybridization improve visualization of bacterial cells. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 82, 62-70. (2016) PubMed

Stagars M., E. Ruff, R. Amann, and K. Knittel.: High diversity of anaerobic alkane-degrading microbial communities in marine seep sediments based on (1-methylalkyl)succinate synthase genes. Frontiers Microbiol. 6:1511(doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01511) (2016) PubMed

Teeling H., B.M. Fuchs, C.M. Bennke, K. Krüger, M. Chafee, L. Kappelmann, G. Reintjes, J. Waldmann, C. Quast, F.O. Glöckner, J. Lucas, A. Wichels, G. Gerdts, K.H. Wiltshire, and R.I. Amann.: Recurring patterns in bacterioplankton dynamics during coastal spring algae blooms. eLife 5:e11888 (doi:10.7554/eLife.11888). (2016) PubMed

Wegener G., V. Krukenberg, S.E. Ruff, M.Y. Kellermann, and K. Knittel: Metabolic capabilities of microorganisms involved in and associated with the anaerobic oxidation of methane. Front. Microbiol. 7:e46. (2016) Frontiers

Microbial Genomics Group

Barbeyron T., F. Thomas, V. Barbe, H. Teeling, C. Schenowitz, C. Dossat, A. Goesmann, C. Leblanc, F. O. Glöckner, M. Czjzek, et al.: Habitat and taxon as driving forces of carbohydrate catabolism in marine heterotrophic bacteria: example of the model algae-associated bacterium Zobellia galactanivorans DsijT. Environ. Microbiol. 18:4610-4627. (2016) Wiley

Busch J., R. Bardaji, L. Ceccaroni, A. Friedrichs, J. Piera, C. Simon, P. Thijsse, M. Wernand, H. van der Woerd, and O. Zielinski: Citizen Bio-Optical Observations from Coast- and Ocean and Their Compatibility with Ocean Colour Satellite Measurements. Remote Sensing 8:879. (2016) MDPI

Casaregola S., A. Vasilenko, P. Romano, V. Robert, S. Ozerskaya, A. Kopf, F. O. Glöckner, and D. Smith.: An Information System for European culture collections: the way forward. SpringerPlus 5:772. (2016) PubMed

Droege G., K. Barker, O. Seberg, J. Coddington, E. Benson, W. G. Berendsohn, B. Bunk, C. Butler, E. M. Cawsey, J. Deck, et al.: The Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) Data Standard specification. Database 2016:baw125-baw125. (2016) PubMed

Dyksma S., K. Bischof, B. M. Fuchs, K. Hoffmann, D. Meier, A. Meyerdierks, P. Pjevac, D. Probandt, M. Richter, R. Stepanauskas, et al.: Ubiquitous Gammaproteobacteria dominate dark carbon fixation in coastal sediments. ISME J:online. (2016)

Federhen S., R. Rossello-Mora, H.-P. Klenk, B. J. Tindall, K. T. Konstantinidis, W. B. Whitman, D. Brown, D. Labeda, D. Ussery, G. M. Garrity, et al.: Meeting report: GenBank microbial genomic taxonomy workshop (12--13 May, 2015). SIGS:11-15. (2016) BioMed

Hardisty A. R., F. Bacall, N. Beard, M. P. Balcazar-Vargas, B. Balech, Z. Barcza, S. J. Bourlat, R. De Giovanni, Y. de Jong, F. De Leo, et al.: BioVeL: a virtual laboratory for data analysis and modelling in biodiversity science and ecology. BMC ecology 16:49. (2016) PubMed

Kopf A., J. Schnetzer, and F. O. Glöckner: Understanding Marine Microbes, the Driving Engines of the Ocean. Ocean. Front Young Minds. 4:1-9. (2016) Frontiers

Kottman R., and F. O. Glöckner: Erkennisse aus einem Meer an Daten. Wie die Systembiologie zum Verständnis mariner Ökosysteme beiträgt. Systembiologie 11:8-11. (2016)

Kozlov A. M., J. Zhang, P. Yilmaz, F. O. Glöckner, and A. Stamatakis: Phylogeny-aware identification and correction of taxonomically mislabeled sequences. Nucleic Acid Res. (2016) PubMed

Krukenberg V., K. Harding, M. Richter, F. O. Glöckner, H. R. Gruber-Vodicka, B. Adam, J. S. Berg, K. Knittel, H. E. Tegetmeyer, A. Boetius, et al.: Candidatus Desulfofervidus auxilii, a hydrogenotrophic sulfate-reducing bacterium involved in the thermophilic anaerobic oxidation of methane. Environ. Microbiol.:online. (2016) PubMed

Martinez-Perez C., W. Mohr, C. R. Loscher, J. Dekaezemacker, S. Littmann, P. Yilmaz, N. Lehnen, B. M. Fuchs, G. Lavik, R. A. Schmitz, et al.: The small unicellular diazotrophic symbiont, UCYN-A, is a key player in the marine nitrogen cycle. Nature microbiology 1:16163. (2016) nature

Meier D., W. Bach, P. R. Girguis, H. Gruber-Vodicka, E. P. Reeves, M. Richter, C. Vidoudez, R. Amann, and A. Meyerdierks: Heterotrophic Proteobacteria in the vicinity of diffuse hydrothermal venting. Environ Microbiol:online. (2016) PubMed

Rat für Informationsinfrastrukturen (RfII) and F. O. Glöckner: Leistung aus Vielfalt www.rfii.de. (2016) rfii

Richter M., R. Rosselló-Móra, F. O. Glöckner, and J. Peplies: JSpeciesWS: a web server for prokaryotic species circumscription based on pairwise genome comparison. Bioinformatics 32:929-931. (2016) PubMed

Romano S., A. Fernàndez-Guerra, F. J. Reen, F. O. Glöckner, S. P. Crowley, O. O'Sullivan, P. D. Cotter, C. Adams, A. D. W. Dobson, and F. O'Gara: Comparative Genomic Analysis Reveals a Diverse Repertoire of Genes Involved in Prokaryote-Eukaryote Interactions within the Pseudovibrio Genus. Frontiers in Microbiology 7:387. (2016) Frontiers

Schnetzer J., A. Kopf, M. J. Bietz, P. L. Buttigieg, A. Fernandez-Guerra, A. P. Ristov, F. O. Glöckner, and R. Kottmann: MyOSD 2014: Evaluating Oceanographic Measurements Contributed by Citizen Scientists in Support of Ocean Sampling Day †. J. Microbiol. Biol. Educ. 17:163-171. (2016) PubMed

Sinclair L., U. Z. Ijaz, L. J. Jensen, M. J. L. Coolen, C. Gubry-Rangin, A. Chroňáková, A. Oulas, C. Pavloudi, J. Schnetzer, A. Weimann, et al.: Seqenv: linking sequences to environments through text mining. PeerJ 4:e2690. (2016) PubMed

Tauch A., and F. O. Glöckner: de.NBI und GFBio. labor&more 2:9-12. (2016) labor&more

Teeling H., B. M. Fuchs, C. M. Bennke, K. Krüger, M. Chafee, L. Kappelmann, G. Reintjes, J. Waldmann, C. Quast, F. O. Glöckner, et al.: Recurring patterns in bacterioplankton dynamics during coastal spring algae blooms. eLife 5:e11888. (2016) PubMed

ten Hoopen P., L. W. Ramona, K. S. C. Ethalinda, C. Guy, C. James, J. Anjanette, K.-M. Ilene, and Y. Pelin: Supporting data for "Plant Specimen Contextual Data Consensus". GigaScience Database. (2016) GIGA

Tsesmetzis N., P. Yilmaz, P. C. Marks, N. C. Kyrpides, I. M. Head, and B. P. Lomans: MIxS-HCR: a MIxS extension defining a minimal information standard for sequence data from environments pertaining to hydrocarbon resources. Stand Genomic Sci 11:78. (2016) PubMed

Varsos C., T. Patkos, A. Oulas, C. Pavloudi, A. Gougousis, U. Z. Ijaz, I. Filiopoulou, N. Pattakos, E. Vanden Berghe, A. Fernández-Guerra, et al.: Optimized R functions for analysis of ecological community data using the R virtual laboratory (RvLab). Biodiversity Data Journal:e8357. (2016) PubMed

Winkel M., V. Carvalho, T. Woyke, M. Richter, H. N. Schulz-Vogt, B. Flood, J. Bailey, and M. Mußmann: Single-cell sequencing of Thiomargarita reveals genomic flexibility for adaptation to dynamic redox conditions. Frontiers in Microbiology 7. (2016) PubMed

Yilmaz P., P. Yarza, J. Z. Rapp, and F. O. Glöckner: Expanding the World of Marine Bacterial and Archaeal Clades. Frontiers in Microbiology 6:1-29. (2016) PubMed

Department of Biogeochemistry

Berg J. S., Michellod D., Pjevac P., Martinez-Perez C., Buckner C. R. T., Hach P. F., Schubert C. J., Milucka J. and Kuypers M.M.M.: Intensive cryptic microbial iron cycling in the low iron water column of the meromictic Lake Cadagno. Environmental Microbiology, 18: 5288–5302. (2016) PubMed

Braun S., Morono Y., Littmann S, Kuypers M., Aslan H., Dong M., Jorgensen Bo B. and Lomstein B.A.: Size and Carbon Content of Sub-seafloor Microbial Cells at Landsort Deep, Baltic Sea. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7:1375. (2016) PubMed

Bristow L.A., Dalsgaard T., Tiano L., Mills D., Bertagnolli A., Wright J.J., Hallam S.J., Ulloa O., Revsbech N.P., Canfield D. and Thamdrup B.: Ammonium and nitrite oxidation at nanomolar oxygen concentrations in oxygen minimum zone waters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113(38): 10601-10606; doi: 10.1073/pnas.1600359113. (2016) PubMed

Hamann E., H. Gruber-Vodicka, M. Kleiner, H. E. Tegetmeyer, D. Riedel, S. Littmann, J. Chen, J. Milucka, B. Viehweger, K. W. Becker, X. Dong, C. W. Stairs, K.-U. Hinrichs, M. W. Brown, A. J. Roger, M. Strous: Environmental Breviatea harbour mutualistic Arcobacter epibionts. Nature 534, 254–258. (2016) PubMed

Hamilton T.L., Bovee R.J., Sattin S.R., Mohr W., Gilhooly III W.P., Lyons T.W., Pearson A., Macalady J.L.: Carbon and Sulfur Cycling below the Chemocline in a Meromictic Lake and the Identification of a Novel Taxonomic Lineage in the FCB Superphylum, Candidatus Aegiribacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00598. (2016) PubMed

Kamp A., Stief P., Bristow L.A., Thamdrup B. and Glud R.N.: Intracellular Nitrate of Marine Diatoms as a Driver of Anaerobic Nitrogen Cycling in Sinking Aggregates. Frontiers in Microbiology 7: 1669; doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01669. (2016) PubMed

Klawonn I., Nahar N., Walve N., Andersson B., Olofsson M., Sveden J.B, Littmann S., Whitehouse M.J, Kuypers M.M.M. and Ploug H.: Cell-specific nitrogen- and carbon-fixation of cyanobacteria in a temperate marine system (Baltic Sea). Environmental Microbiology (in press). (2016) PubMed

Krukenberg V., Harding K., Richter M., Glöckner F.O., Gruber-Vodicka H.R., Adam B., Berg J.S., Knittel K., Tegetmeyer H.E., Boetius A., Wegener G.: Candidatus Desulfofervidus auxilii, a hydrogenotrophic sulfate-reducing bacterium involved in the thermophilic anaerobic oxidation of methane. Environmental Microbiology 18(9): 3073-3091. (2016) PubMed

LaFlamme C., Martin L., Jeon H., Reddy S.M., Selvaraja V., Caruso S., Bui T.H., Roberts M.P., Voute F., Hagemann S., Wacey D., Littman S., Wing B., Fiorentini M. and Kilburn M.R.: In situ multiple sulfur isotope analysis by SIMS of pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, and pentlandite to refine magmatic ore genetic models. Chemical Geology, 444, 1-15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.09.032 (2016) ScienceDirect

Lehnen N., Marchant H.K., Schwedt A., Milucka J., Lott C., Weber M., Dekaezemacker J., Seah B.K.B., Hach P.F., Mohr W., Kuypers M.M.M.: High rates of microbial dinitrogen fixation and sulfate reduction associated with the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 39: 476–483. (2016) PubMed

Louca S., Hawley A.K., Katsev S., Torres-Beltran M., Bhatia M.P., Kheirandish S., Michiels C.C., Capelle D., Lavik G., Doebeli M.: Integrating biogeochemistry with multiomic sequence information in a model oxygen minimum zone. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201602897. (2016) PubMed

Marchant H.K., Holtappels M., Lavik G., Ahmerkamp S., Winter C., Kuypers M.M.: Coupled nitrification–denitrification leads to extensive N loss in subtidal permeable sediments. Limnology and Oceanography. (2016) Wiley

Marchant H.K., Mohr W., Kuypers M.M.M.: Recent advances in marine N-cycle studies using 15N labeling methods. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 41: 53-59. (2016) ScienceDirect

Martínez-Pérez C., Mohr W., Löscher C.R, Dekaezemacker J., Littmann S., Yilmaz P., Lehnen N., Fuchs B.M., Lavik G., Schmitz R.A., LaRoche J .and Kuypers M.M.M.: The small unicellular diazotrophic symbiont, UCYN-A, is a key player in the marine nitrogen cycle. Nature, 16163, DOI: 10.1038/NMICROBIOL.2016.163. (2016) nature

Oswald K., C. Jegge, J. Tischer, J. Berg, A. Brand, M. R. Miracle, X. Soria, E. Vicente, M. F. Lehmann, J. Zopfi and C. J. Schubert: Methanotrophy under versatile conditions in the water column of the ferruginous meromictic Lake La Cruz (Spain). Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, 1762. (2016) PubMed

Oswald K., Milucka J., Brand A., Hach P., Littmann S., Wehrli B., Kuypers M.M.M. and Schubert C. J.: Aerobic gammaproteobacterial methanotrophs mitigate methane emissions from oxic and anoxic lake waters. Limnology & Oceanography, 61: S101–S118. (2016) Wiley

Schreiber F., Littmann S., Lavik G., Escrig S., Meibom A., Kuypers M.M.M. and Ackermann, M: Phenotypic heterogeneity driven by nutrient limitation promotes growth in fluctuating environments. Nature Microbiology, 1:16055. (2016) PubMed

Smith H.J, Schmit A., Foster R., Littman S., Kuypers M.M.M., and Foreman C.M.: Biofilms on glacial surfaces: hotspots for biological activity. Nature Biofilms and Microbiomes 2: 16008. (2016) nature

Sokoll S., Lavik G., Sommer S., Goldhammer T., Kuypers M.M., Holtappels M.: Extensive nitrogen loss from permeable sediments off North‐West Africa. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 121, 1144-1157. (2016) Wiley

Song G., Liu S., Kuypers M., Lavik G.: Application of the isotope pairing technique in sediments where anammox, denitrification, and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium coexist. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. (2016) Wiley

Tang T., Mohr W., Sattin S.R., Rogers D.R., Girguis P.R., Pearson A.: Geochemically distinct carbon isotope distributions in Allochromatium vinosum DSM 180T grown photoautotrophically and photoheterotrophically. Geobiology DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12221. (2016) Wiley

Tsementzi D., Wu J., Deutsch S., Nath S., Rodriguez R., Burns A.S., Ranjan P., Sarode N., Malmstrom R.R., Padilla C.C., Stone B.K., Bristow L.A., Larsen M., Glass J.B., Thamdrup B., Woyke T., Konstantinidis K.T. and Stewart F.J.: SAR11 bacteria linked to ocean anoxia and nitrogen loss. Nature doi:10.1038/nature19068. (2016) PubMed

MARUM MPG Brückengruppe Marine Glykobiologie

Hehemann J.H., Arevalo P., Datta M.S., Yu X., Corzett C.H., Henschel A., Preheim S.P., Timberlake S., Alm E.J., Polz M.F.: Adaptive radiation by waves of gene transfer leads to fine-scale resource partitioning in marine microbes. Nat Commun. 22;7:12860. doi: 10.1038/ncomms12860. PubMed PMID: 27653556; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5036157. (2016) PubMed

Hobbs J.K., Lee S.M., Robb M., Hof F., Barr C., Abe K.T., Hehemann J.H., McLean R., Abbott D.W., Boraston A.B.: KdgF, the missing link in the microbial metabolism of uronate sugars from pectin and alginate. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 31;113(22):6188-93. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1524214113. PubMed PMID: 27185956; PubMedCentral PMCID: PMC4896693. (2016) PubMed

Marine Geochemistry Group Geochem Publications 2016

Bach L. T., J. Taucher, T. Boxhammer, A. Ludwig, N. Aberle-Malzahn, K. Abrahamsson, A. K. Almén, M. E. Asplund, S. Audritz, M. Boersma, E. Breitbarth, C. Bridges, C. Brussaard, A. Brutemark, C. Clemmesen, S. Collins, K. Crawfurd, F. Dahlke, M. Deckelnick, T. Dittmar, R. Doose, S. Dupont, T. Eberlein, S. Endres, A. Engel, J. Engström-Öst, S. Febiri, D. Fleischer, P. Fritsche, M. Gledhill, G. Göttler, M. Granberg, H. P. Grossart, A. Grifos, L. Hoffmann, A. Karlsson, M. Klages, U. John, F. Jutfelt, I. Köster, J. Lange, E. Leo, S. Lischka, K. Lohbeck, B. Lundve, F. C. Mark, M. Meyerhöfer, M. Nicolai, C. Pansch, B. Petersson, T. Reusch, K. R. De Moraes, M. Schartau, M. Scheinin, K. G. Schulz, U. Schwarz, M. Stenegren, M. Stiasny, D. Storch, A. Stuhr, L. Sswat, M. Svensson, P. Thor, M. Voss, D. Van De Waal, N. Wannicke, S. Wohlrab, A. Wulff, E. P. Achterberg, M. Algueró-Muñiz, L. G. Anderson, J. Bellworthy, J. Büdenbender, J. Czerny, Y. Ericson, M. Esposito, M. Fischer, M. Haunost, D. Hellemann, H. G. Horn, T. Hornick, J. Meyer, M. Sswat, M. Zark, and U. Riebesell: Influence of ocean acidification on a natural winter-to-summer plankton succession: First insights from a long-term mesocosm study draw attention to periods of low nutrient concentrations. PLOS ONE 11: e0159068. 0159061-0159033. (2016) PubMed

Benavides M., S. Bonnet, N. Hernández, A. M. Martínez-Pérez, M. Nieto-Cid, X. A. Álvarez-Salgado, I. Baños, M. F. Montero, I. P. Mazuecos, J. M. Gasol, H. Osterholz, T. Dittmar, I. Berman-Frank, and J. Arístegui.: Basin-wide N2 fixation in the deep waters of the Mediterranean Sea. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 30: 952-961. (2016) Wiley

Bergen B., S. Endres, A. Engel, M. Zark, T. Dittmar, U. Sommer, and K. Jürgens: Acidification and warming affect prominent bacteria in two seasonal phytoplankton bloom mesocosms. Environmental Microbiology 18: 4579-4595. (2016) PubMed

Gomez-Saez G. V., J. Niggemann, T. Dittmar, A. M. Pohlabeln, S. Q. Lang, A. Noowong, T. Pichler, L. Wörmer, and S. I. Bühring: Molecular evidence for abiotic sulfurization of dissolved organic matter in marine shallow hydrothermal systems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 190: 35-52. (2016) ScienceDirect

Hawkes J. A., T. Dittmar, C. Patriarca, L. Tranvik, and J. Bergquist: Evaluation of the orbitrap mass spectrometer for the molecular fingerprinting analysis of natural dissolved organic matter. Analytical Chemistry 88: 7698-7704. (2016) ACS

Hawkes J. A., C. T. Hansen, T. Goldhammer, W. Bach, and T. Dittmar: Molecular alteration of marine dissolved organic matter under experimental hydrothermal conditions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 175: 68-85. (2016) ScienceDirect

Kleindienst S., M. Seidel, K. Ziervogel, S. Grim, K. Loftis, S. Harrison, S. Y. Malkin, M. J. Perkins, J. Field, M. L. Sogin, T. Dittmar, U. Passow, P. Medeiros, and S. B. Joye: Ability of chemical dispersants to reduce oil spill impacts remains unclear. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113: E1422-E1423. (2016) ResearchGate

Koch B. P., and T. Dittmar: Erratum: From mass to structure: An aromaticity index for high-resolution mass data of natural organic matter (Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry (2006) 20 (926-932) DOI: 10.1002/rcm.2386). Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 30: 250. (2016) Wiley

Linkhorst A., T. Dittmar, and H. Waska: Molecular fractionation of dissolved organic matter in a shallow subterranean estuary: the role of the iron curtain. Environmental Science & Technology: doi:10.1021/acs.est.1026b03608. (2016) ACS

Lucas J., I. Koester, A. Wichels, J. Niggemann, T. Dittmar, U. Callies, K. H. Wiltshire, and G. Gerdts: Short-term dynamics of north sea bacterioplankton-dissolved organic matter coherence on molecular level. Frontiers in Microbiology 7. (2016) PubMed

Malik A. A., V. N. Roth, M. Hébert, L. Tremblay, T. Dittmar, and G. Gleixner: Linking molecular size, composition and carbon turnover of extractable soil microbial compounds. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 100: 66-73. (2016) ScienceDirect

Medeiros P. M., M. Seidel, J. Niggemann, R. G. M. Spencer, P. J. Hernes, P. L. Yager, W. L. Miller, T. Dittmar, and D. A. Hansell: A novel molecular approach for tracing terrigenous dissolved organic matter into the deep ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 30: 689-699. (2016) Wiley

Moran M. A., E. B. Kujawinski, A. Stubbins, R. Fatland, L. I. Aluwihare, A. Buchan, B. C. Crump, P. C. Dorrestein, S. T. Dyhrman, N. J. Hess, B. Howe, K. Longnecker, P. M. Medeiros, J. Niggemann, I. Obernosterer, D. J. Repeta, and J. R. Waldbauer: Deciphering ocean carbon in a changing world. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113: 3143-3151. (2016) PubMed

Osterholz H., D. L. Kirchman, J. Niggemann, and T. Dittmar: Environmental drivers of dissolved organic matter molecular composition in the Delaware estuary. Frontiers in Earth Science 4: doi: 10.3389/feart.2016.00095. (2016) Frontiers

Osterholz H., G. Singer, B. Wemheuer, R. Daniel, M. Simon, J. Niggemann, and T. Dittmar: Deciphering associations between dissolved organic molecules and bacterial communities in a pelagic marine system. ISME Journal 10: 1717-1730. (2016) PubMed

Reyes C., O. Dellwig, K. Dähnke, M. Gehre, B. E. Noriega-Ortega, M. E. Böttcher, P. Meister, M. W. Friedrich, and T. Lueders: Bacterial communities potentially involved in iron-cycling in Baltic Sea and North Sea sediments revealed by pyrosequencing. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 92: fiw054-fiw054. (2016) PubMed

Riedel T., and T. K. D. Weber: The Chemical potential of water in soils and sediments. Soil Science Society of America Journal 80: 79-83. (2016) AcsessDL

Riedel, T., M. Zark, A. V. Vähätalo, J. Niggemann, R. G. M. Spencer, P. J. Hernes, and T. Dittmar: Molecular signatures of biogeochemical transformations in dissolved organic matter from ten world rivers. Frontiers in Earth Science 4: 1-16. (2016) JYX

Rossel P. E., C. Bienhold, A. Boetius, and T. Dittmar: Dissolved organic matter in pore water of Arctic Ocean sediments: Environmental influence on molecular composition. Organic Geochemistry 97: 41-52. (2016) ScienceDirect

Santín C., S. H. Doerr, E. S. Kane, C. A. Masiello, M. Ohlson, J. M. De La Rosa, C. M. Preston, and T. Dittmar: Towards a global assessment of pyrogenic carbon from vegetation fires. Global Change Biology 22: 76-91. (2016) Wiley

Schulz J., A. Mentges, and O. Zielinski: Deriving image features for autonomous classification from time-series recurrence plots. Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications 12: 5. (2016) Springer

Seidel M., T. Dittmar, N. D. Ward, A. V. Krusche, J. E. Richey, P. L. Yager, and P. M. Medeiros: Seasonal and spatial variability of dissolved organic matter composition in the lower Amazon River. Biogeochemistry 131: 281-302. (2016) Wiley

Seidel M., S. Kleindienst, T. Dittmar, S. B. Joye, and P. M. Medeiros: Biodegradation of crude oil and dispersants in deep seawater from the Gulf of Mexico: Insights from ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 129: 108-118. (2016) ScienceDirect

Seifert A. G., V. N. Roth, T. Dittmar, G. Gleixner, L. Breuer, T. Houska, and J. Marxsen: Comparing molecular composition of dissolved organic matter in soil and stream water: Influence of land use and chemical characteristics. Science of the Total Environment 571: 142-152. (2016) PubMed

Waska H., A. Koschinsky, and T. Dittmar: Fe- and Cu-complex formation with artificial ligands investigated by ultra-high resolution Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS): Implications for natural metal-organic complex studies. Frontiers in Marine Science 3: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00119. (2016) ResearchGate

Microbial Physiology Group

Ettwig K. F., B. Zhu, D. Speth, J. T. Keltjens, M. S. M. Jetten, B. Kartal: Archaea Catalyze Iron-Dependent Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 133:12792-12796 (2016) PubMed

Kartal B. and J. T. Keltjens: Anammox Biochemistry: a Tale of Heme c Proteins. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 41: 998-1011 (2016) PubMed

Maalcke W. J., J. Reimann, S. de Vries, J. N. Butt, A. Dietl, N. Kip, U. Mersdorf, T. R. M. Barends, M. S. M. Jetten, J. T. Keltjens and B. Kartal: Characterization of Anammox Hydrazine Dehydrogenase, a Key N2-Producing Enzyme in the Global Nitrogen Cycle. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291:17077-17092 (2016) PubMed

de Almeida N. M., H. J. C. T. Wessels, R. M. de Graaf, C. Ferousi, M. S. M. Jetten, J. T. Keltjens, B. Kartal: Membrane-Bound Electron Transport Systems of an Anammox Bacterium: A Complexome Analysis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 1857: 1694-1704 (2016) PubMed

Microsensor Group

Guilini K., M. Weber, D. de Beer, M. Schneider, M. Molari, C. Lott, W. Bodnar, T. Mascart, M. De Troch, and A. Vanreusel: The response of Posidonia oceanica seagrass and its epibiont communities to ocean acidification. Global Change Biology, (2016) PubMed

Hassenrück C., A. Fink, A. Lichtschlag, H.E. Tegetmeyer, D. de Beer, and A. Ramette: Quantification of the effects of ocean acidification on sediment microbial communities in the environment: the importance of ecosystem approaches. FEMS Microb Ecol, 92(5): p. 0-0. (2016) PubMed

Hofmann L.C., M. Koch and D. de Beer: Biotic control of surface pH and evidence of light-induced H+ pumping and Ca2+-H+ exchange in a tropical crustose coralline alga. PLoS ONE,: p. pone.0159057. (2016) PubMed

Klatt J.M., D. de Beer, S. Häusler, and L. Polerecky: Cyanobacteria in Sulfidic Spring Microbial Mats Can Perform Oxygenic and Anoxygenic Photosynthesis Simultaneously during an Entire Diurnal Period. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7(1973). (2016) PubMed

Loudon C.M., B. Matthews, D.S. Sevilgen, and B.S. Ibelings: Experimental evidence that evolution by niche construction affects dissipative ecosystem dynamics. Evol. Ecol., 30(2): p. 221–234. (2016) Springer

Teske A., D. de Beer, L.J. McKay, M.K. Tivey, J.F. Biddle, D. Hoer, L. K.G., M.A. Lever, H. Røy, D.B. Albert, H.P. Mendlovitz, and B.J. MacGregor: The Guaymas Basin Hiking Guide to Hydrothermal Mounds, Chimneys, and Microbial Mats: Complex Seafloor Expressions of Subsurface Hydrothermal Circulation. Front. Microbio., 7(75): p. 1-23. (2016) PubMed

Wall M., J. Fietzke, G.M. Schmidt, F. Fink, L.C. Hofmann, D. de Beer, and K.E. Fabricius: Internal pH regulation facilitates in situ long-term acclimation of massive corals to end-of-century carbon dioxide conditions. Scientific Reports, (2016) nature

Department of Microbiology

Burak A., R.L. Hahnke, M. Chafee, T. Fischer, H. Gruber-Vodicka, H.E. Tegetmeyer, J. Harder, B.M. Fuchs, R.I. Amann, H. Teeling: Genomic and physiological analyses of ‘Reinekea forsetii’ reveal a versatile opportunistic lifestyle during spring algae blooms. Environmental Microbiology, in press (2016) PubMed

Marmulla R., EP Cala, S. Markert, T. Schweder and J. Harder: The anaerobic linalool metabolism in Thauera linaloolentis 47Lol. BMC Microbiology 16,76, doi: 10.1186/s12866-016-0693-8 (2016) PubMed

Marmulla R., B. Šafarić, S. Markert, T. Schweder and J. Harder: Linalool isomerase, a membrane-anchored enzyme in the anaerobic monoterpene degradation in Thauera linaloolentis 47Lol. BMC Biochemistry 17, 6, doi: 10.1186/s12858-016-0062-0. (2016) BioMed

Panschin I., M. Becher; S. Verbarg, C. Spröer, M. Rohde, M. Schüler, R.I. Amann, J. Harder, B.J. Tindall, R.L. Hahnke: Description of Gramella forsetii sp. nov., a marine Flavobacteriaceae isolated from North Sea water, and emended description of Gramella gaetbulicola Cho et al. 2011. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2016 Nov 28. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001700. [Epub ahead of print] (2016) PubMed

Weidenweber S., R. Marmulla, U. Ermler and J. Harder: X-ray structure of linalool dehydratase/isomerase from Castellaniella defragrans reveals enzymatic alkene synthesis. FEBS Letters 590, 1375-1383, doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.12165 (2016) PubMed

Žure M. A. Fernandez-Guerra, C.B. Munn, J. Harder: Geographic distribution at subspecies resolution level: closely related Rhodopirellula species in European coastal sediments. ISME J. 2016 Nov 1. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2016.123. [Epub ahead of print] (2016) PubMed

Bachelor theses / Master theses

Scilipoti Stefano: Charakterization of a novel linalool-metabolizing enzyme in Castellaniella defragrans 65Phen. Master thesis, University Trieste (2016)

Talitha Bendig Nora: Charakterisierung eines RND-Transporters in Castellaniella defragrans 65Phen. Bachelor thesis, University Bremen (2016)

Resteu Anastasia: The biology of candidate divison OP3. Master thesis, marmic, University Bremen (2016)

Tebeka Nchimunya Nelisa: Partial characterization of a novel linalool metabolizing enzyme of Castellaniella defragrans 65Phen. Master thesis, marmic, University Bremen (2016)

Stenhorst Sarah: Heterologe Expression von Proteinen aus Castellaniella defragrans 65Phen. Bachelor thesis, Hochschule Emden/Leer (2016)

Symbiose Publikationen

Assié A, Borowski C, van der Heijden K, Raggi L, Geier B, Leisch N, Schimak MP, Dubilier N, Petersen MP.: A specific and widespread association between deep-sea Bathymodiolus mussels and a novel family of Epsilonproteobacteria. Environmental Microbiology Reports. doi:10.1111/1758-2229.12442 (2016) PubMed

Avci B, Hahnke RL, Chafee M, Fischer T, Gruber-Vodicka H, Tegetmeyer HE, Harder J, Fuchs BM, Amann RI, Teeling H.: Genomic and physiological analyses of 'Reinekea forsetii' reveal a versatile opportunistic lifestyle during spring algae blooms. Environmental Microbiology. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13646 (2016) PubMed

Berg JS, Michellod D, Pjevac P, Martinez‐Perez C, Buckner CR, Hach PF, Schubert CJ, Milucka J, Kuypers MM.: Intensive cryptic microbial iron cycling in the low iron water column of the meromictic Lake Cadagno. Environmental Microbiology 18: 5288-5302. (2016) PubMed

Breusing C, Biastoch A, Drews A, Metaxas A, Jollivet D, Vrijenhoek RC, Bayer T, Melzner F, Sayavedra L, Petersen JM, Dubilier N, Shilhabel MB, Rosenstiel P, Reusch TBH.: Biophysical and population genetic models predict the presence of ‘phantom’ stepping stones connecting Mid-Atlantic Ridge vent ecosystems. Current Biology 26: 2257–2267. (2016) PubMed

Hamann E, Gruber-Vodicka H, Kleiner M, Tegetmeyer HE, Riedel D, Littmann S, Chen J, Milucka J, Viehweger B, Becker KW, Dong X, Stairs CW, Hinrichs KU, Brown MW, Roger AJ, Strous M.: Environmental Breviatea harbour mutualistic Arcobacter epibionts. Nature 534: 254-258. (2016) PubMed

Hao J, Liebeke M, Sommer U, Viant M, Ebbels T, Bundy JG.: Statistical correlations between NMR spectroscopy and direct infusion FT-ICR mass spectrometry aid annotation of unknowns in metabolomics. Analytical Chemistry 88: 2583-2589 (2016) PubMed

Kreutzmann A-C, Schulz-Vogt HN.: Oxidation of molecular hydrogen by a chemolithoautotrophic Beggiatoa strain. Applied Environmental Microbiology 82:2527–2536. (2016) ASM

Krukenberg V, Harding K, Richter M, Glockner FO, Gruber-Vodicka HR, Adam B, Berg JS, Knittel K, Tegetmeyer HE, Boetius A, Wegener G.: Candidatus Desulfofervidus auxilii, a hydrogenotrophic sulfate-reducing bacterium involved in the thermophilic anaerobic oxidation of methane. Environmental Microbiology 18: 3073-3091. (2016) PubMed

Lehnen N, Marchant H, Schwedt A, Milucka J, Lott C, Weber M, Dekaezemacker J, Seah BKB, Hach PF, Mohr W, Kuypers MMM.: High rates of microbial dinitrogen fixation and sulfate reduction associated with the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 39: 476-483. doi: 10.1016/j.syapm.2016.08.004 (2016) PubMed

Leisch N, Pende N, Weber PM, Gruber-Vodicka HR, Verheul J, Vischer NO, Abby SS, Geier B, den Blaauwen T, Bulgheresi S.: Asynchronous division by non-ring FtsZ in the gammaproteobacterial symbiont of Robbea hypermnestra. Nature Microbiology 2:16182. 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.182 (2016) nature

Meier DV, Bach W, Girguis PR, Gruber-Vodicka HR, Reeves EP, Richter M, Vidoudez C, Amann R, Meyerdierks A.: Heterotrophic Proteobacteria in the vicinity of diffuse hydrothermal venting. Environmental Microbiology 18: 4348-4368. (2016) PubMed

Montanaro J, Gruber D, Leisch N.: Improved ultrastructure of marine invertebrates using non-toxic buffers. PeerJ 4:e1860. DOI 10.7717/peerj.1860 (2016) PubMed

Okamura B, Gruhl A.: Myxozoa + Polypodium: A common route to endoparasitism. Trends in Parasitology, 32 (4), 268-271 doi:10.1016/j.pt.2016.01.007 (2016) PubMed

Petersen JM, Kemper A, Gruber-Vodicka H, Cardini U, van der Geest M, Kleiner M, Bulgheresi S, Mußmann M, Herbold C, Seah BKB, Antony CP, Liu D, Belitz A, Weber M.: Chemosynthetic sulphur-oxidizing symbionts of marine invertebrate animals are capable of nitrogen fixation. Nature Microbiology, 2: 16195. doi: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.195 (2016) PubMed

Sahling H, Borowski C, Escobar-Briones E, Gaytán-Caballero A, Hsu C-W, Loher M, MacDonald, I, Marcon, Y, Pape, T, Römer, M, Rubin-Blum, M, Schubotz, F, Smrzka, D, Wegener, G, Bohrmann, G.: Massive asphalt deposits, oil seepage, and gas venting support abundant chemosynthetic communities at the Campeche Knolls, southern Gulf of Mexico. Biogeosciences 13: 4491–4512. (2016) AWI

Spurgeon DJ, Liebeke M, Kille P, Anderson C, Lawlor A, Bundy JG, Lahive E.: Ecological drivers influence the distributions of two cryptic lineages in an earthworm morphospecies. Applied Soil Ecology 108, 8-15 (2016) ScienceDirect

Wippler J, Kleiner M, Lott C, Gruhl A, Abraham PE, Giannone RJ, Young JC, Hettich RL, Dubilier N.: Transcriptomic and proteomic insights into innate immunity and adaptations to a symbiotic lifestyle in the gutless marine worm Olavius algarvensis. BMC Genomics 17:942. doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-3293-y (2016) PubMed

Zimmermann J, Wentrup C, Sadowski M, Blazejak A, Gruber-Vodicka HR, Kleiner M, Ott JA, Cronholm B, De Wit P, Erseus C, Dubilier N.: Closely coupled evolutionary history of ecto- and endosymbionts from two distantly related animal phyla. Molecular Ecology 25: 3203-3223 (2016) PubMed

Master Thesis

Pierre Methou: “Expression of Olavius algarvensis respiratory pigments revealed through mRNA whole-mount in situ hybridization”. Master Sciences de l’Univers, Environnement, Ecologie Spécialité: EcoPhysiologie et EcoToxicologie. (2016)

Dolma Michellod: "Metabolic analyses of symbioses between chemoautotrophic bacteria and marine invertebrates". International Max Planck Research School for Marine Microbiology, University of Bremen. (2016)

PhD Thesis

Lizbeth Sayavedra Camacho: "Host-symbiont interactions and metabolism of chemosynthetic symbiosis in deep-sea Bathymodiolus mussels". International Max Planck Research School for Marine Microbiology. University of Bremen. (2016)

Adrien Assié: “Deep se(a)quencing: A study of deep-sea ectosymbioses using next generation sequencing". International Max Planck Research School for Marine Microbiology. University of Bremen. (2016)

Juliane Wippler: “Characterization of host-symbiont molecular interactions and evolutionary relationships in the gutless oligochaete Olavius algarvensis". International Max Planck Research School for Marine Microbiology. University of Bremen. (2016)

Mario Schimak: "Transmission of bacterial symbionts in the gutless oligochaete Olavius algarvensis". International Max Planck Research School for Marine Microbiology, University of Bremen. (2016)